# Single-Perspective Warps in Natural Image Stitching

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.04645 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1802.04645/

## Key facts

- Cited by 27 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 13 Feb 2018.

## Built on by (most cited first, 27 of 27)

- [Parallax-Tolerant Unsupervised Deep Image Stitching](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2302.08207/) (2023)
- [Depth-Aware Multi-Grid Deep Homography Estimation with Contextual Correlation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2107.02524/) (2021)
- [Deep Rectangling for Image Stitching: A Learning Baseline](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2203.03831/) (2022)
- [Weakly-Supervised Stitching Network for Real-World Panoramic Image Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2209.05968/) (2022)
- [AbHE: All Attention-based Homography Estimation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2212.03029/) (2022)
- [TwinTex: Geometry-aware Texture Generation for Abstracted 3D Architectural Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2309.11258/) (2023)
- [Natural Image Stitching Using Depth Maps](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2202.06276/) (2022)
- [Multi-Spectral Image Stitching via Spatial Graph Reasoning](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2307.16741/) (2023)
- [Learning Residual Elastic Warps for Image Stitching under Dirichlet Boundary Condition](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2309.01406/) (2023)
- [Implicit Neural Image Stitching](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2309.01409/) (2023)
- [Eliminating Warping Shakes for Unsupervised Online Video Stitching](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2403.06378/) (2024)
- [Modification Takes Courage: Seamless Image Stitching via Reference-Driven Inpainting](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2411.10309/) (2024)
- [Parallax-tolerant Image Stitching via Segmentation-guided Multi-homography Warping](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2406.19922/) (2024)
- [StabStitch++: Unsupervised Online Video Stitching with Spatiotemporal Bidirectional Warps](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2505.05001/) (2025)
- [ReF -- Rotation Equivariant Features for Local Feature Matching](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2203.05206/) (2022)
- [NeRF-Enhanced Outpainting for Faithful Field-of-View Extrapolation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2309.13240/) (2023)
- [Parallax-Tolerant Image Stitching with Epipolar Displacement Field](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2311.16637/) (2023)
- [Neural Augmentation Based Panoramic High Dynamic Range Stitching](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2409.04679/) (2024)
- [Robust Image Stitching with Optimal Plane](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2508.05903/) (2025)
- [LiftProj: Space Lifting and Projection-Based Panorama Stitching](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2512.24276/) (2025)
- [ChatStitch: Visualizing Through Structures via Surround-View Unsupervised Deep Image Stitching with Collaborative LLM-Agents](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.14948/) (2025)
- [Generative Panoramic Image Stitching](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2507.07133/) (2025)
- [EDFFDNet: Towards Accurate and Efficient Unsupervised Multi-Grid Image Registration](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2509.07662/) (2025)
- [Depth-Supervised Fusion Network for Seamless-Free Image Stitching](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2510.21396/) (2025)
- [Seamlessly Natural: Image Stitching with Natural Appearance Preservation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2601.01257/) (2026)
- [UniStitch: Unifying Semantic and Geometric Features for Image Stitching](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2603.10568/) (2026)
- [Pano360: Perspective to Panoramic Vision with Geometric Consistency](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2603.12013/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Results of image stitching can be perceptually divided into single-perspective and multiple-perspective. Compared to the multiple-perspective result, the single-perspective result excels in perspective consistency but suffers from projective distortion. In this paper, we propose two single-perspective warps for natural image stitching. The first one is a parametric warp, which is a combination of the as-projective-as-possible warp and the quasi-homography warp via dual-feature. The second one is a mesh-based warp, which is determined by optimizing a total energy function that simultaneously emphasizes different characteristics of the single-perspective warp, including alignment, naturalness, distortion and saliency. A comprehensive evaluation demonstrates that the proposed warp outperforms some state-of-the-art warps, including homography, APAP, AutoStitch, SPHP and GSP.